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Chong Tjen-Yao

3×3 · top 11.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012TJEN01

Chong Tjen-Yao has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.30, set at Taylor's Cube Open 2013, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 607th in Malaysia. Across 3 competitions since April 2012, he has put 97 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.68 in April 2012 to 11.30, a 17% improvement. Chong has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.4% of 284,439 all-time
11.30
signature single · Taylor's Cube Open 2013
97
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×311.3014.34
top 11.4%607 / 3,773
2×23.505.10
top 20.2%563 / 2,541
3×3 one-handed21.5625.57
top 24.8%372 / 1,327
Megaminx1:56.592:09.34
top 43.9%272 / 518
4×41:09.461:16.07
top 46.3%708 / 1,219
3×3 blindfolded2:50.31
early days — 3 solves75 / 169

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Cyber Open 2012: 13.68Taylor's Cube Open 2012: 12.77Taylor's Cube Open 2013: 11.3011.3013.687 Apr 201226 Jan 2013

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.